Paola’s autumn soup This soup is the equivalent of a brisk walk in the woods: heart-warming, delicately scented and invigorating for the body and soul. Ingredients 4 medium chestnut mushrooms 4 large Jerusalem artichokes 6 cooked chestnuts 100 gr tofu 1 pinch thyme 2 shallots 100 gr broad beans [...]
By Paola Bassanese On Sunday 27th November 100 people participated in the body combat marathon to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care organised by trainer Chris Cerclay of Alexandra Fitness and Fist and Feather. The event raised almost £2,000. 7 body combat instructors entertained the crowd with their high energy, punchy routines and an invigorating [...]
By Paola Bassanese One of my favourite pasttimes is sampling perfumes. I smell as many new and old fragrances trying to guess all the ingredients. I love the freedom of the imagination running wild as a scent transports you to remote lands and peoples. Marrakesh street markets and secret midnight gardens. Serge Lutens is the [...]
Hot power hour yoga: a boost to your lunch break is the latest blog by Paola Bassanese for the Huffington Post. Preview: ” Definitition: “a dynamic Vinyasa class taught in a heated room”. If your lunch break lacks a bit of zing and the cold winter months are making you frown, you can escape [...]
Junk food and anti social behaviour: is it a (fried) chicken-and-egg situation? By Paola Bassanese The summer riots in London were shocking, immoral, frightening and unjustifiable. Pictures of smashed shop windows, burning cars and general violence are not something we should be witnessing in a supposedly “civilised”, modern country. In a 2006 article in [...]
by Paola Bassanese In autumn, it is essential to boost your immune system to prevent falling ill as the weather gets colder. The tendency is to go into an hybernation phase and we all want to become couch potatoes gorging on comfort food. Although this is all very tempting, our priority should be to keep [...]
